Kalamos, Attica Explained

Kalamos
Name Local:Κάλαμος
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Attica
Periphunit:East Attica
Municipality:Oropos
Pop Municunit:4941
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:44.878
Elevation:150
Coordinates:38.2833°N 75°W
Postal Code:190 17
Area Code:22950
Licence:Z

Kalamos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κάλαμος) is a town and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oropos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 44.878 km2.[2] Kalamos has historically been an Arvanite settlement.[3]

Geography

Kalamos is located 2 km from the South Euboean Gulf coast. The seaside village Agioi Apostoloi, 4 km to the east, is also part of the community of Kalamos. Kalamos is 4 km east of Markopoulo Oropou, 8 km north of Kapandriti and 36 km northeast of Athens city center.

Settlements

Historical population

Year Village population[4] Community population
1928 1,018 -
1940 1,295 -
1951 1,328 -
1961 1,192 -
1971 1,163 -
1981 2,806 -
1991 1,527 3,187
2001 1,967 5,468
2011 1,824 3,728
2021 2,239 4,941

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
  3. Book: Hans-Jürgen Sasse. Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. 1. 1991. 9783447027588. 18.
  4. Book: Σταματελάτος . Μιχαήλ . Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου . Φωτεινή . Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος . 2001 . Ερμής . Αθήνα.